Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0c8a1da5996f96e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 07:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6c419be1cefcc238c0f9dc0b4fdc588f SHA-1: ffb7f1fc90d0ad2d43b5b3e8fe3a8b20bb776564 SHA-256: e0c8a1da5996f96e43809f4b8c06da118d6209804a548f1d2bf519e12b6cd333
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of link farms and the overall detection profile strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6f7b492f960dd4f5692de603785533/xotetarojesibasogojemete.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/bidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb87b3799f---90288194785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fc41649e6d9d6321ef5ef69f4d84e5c/vegufawibibawoxenapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/vadudimupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/85061648672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91798cafa667a956677e293a8aaa83ce/54120664416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c26c7883a---69469611318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9f957f18b---forupamogegosokotanega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f641d5b96fb---pojoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/82156914001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2ql8qm2shpbb33knp77mbj8c1/43550056440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/datagizadotidukowanagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/neruwawodebilixanogekusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/tuzuzetesogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/zewokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/78967237358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816fb27b168---44780510298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/pafutixazurigebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/vawitojezuxaxoliwafeduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/75689969231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f43db64238---jibezexofoxilifamoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/70511419698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609211ff74888---jomenotupizimekibazagufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=loud+sound+mobile+ringtone+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF994 16720 bytes
SHA-256: a35a1c7ff447568f3a007745d492df22fe04c525c19e2e1eabfdbfc836d30dfc
font_01_sfnt_off00012521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12521 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd96e7b08e43d814ad35a0820e680025b6b54691d208b2c91dcff90288c1cfd
font_02_sfnt_off00013e70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1